Candidate catch-up

The American swimming dynamo won the 10th and 11th gold medals of his career Wednesday, eclipsing fellow swimming legend Mark Spitz and track and field great Carl Lewis as the greatest Olympian of all-time -- and he can count basketball stars Kobe Bryant and LeBron James among his fans. Not too shabby.

Dave Ochal

Formerly a top official for the Chicago Aviation Department, Ochal resigned after Tribune columnist John Kass reported that a ComEd electric generator was delivered to his house during a recent power outage. Kass gave Ochal the nickname "Pool Boy" in 2000, after reporting that Ochal had installed a pool without permits at his home.

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"I first got mad. [Ben Stiller's] going to call me up and say, 'I want to do a great big movie with you, but I want you to have the highest risk factor. And I want to maybe put you up to ridicule and have people, like, hate you for what you should have ... known was wrong to do.' "